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"Hey," Elle said with a knowing s sure to also smile at the leaders They watched e to shake under their penetrating stares

"I’ to take a quick shower," I told no one in particular and then headed to the bathrooainst it and let out the breath I’d been holding My chest felt heavy and et uilt Could I help it that Adam and I were draards each other? If what the book said was true, then it was out of"What is supposed to happen will always find its way" So why couldn’t I grasp that concept right now?

I undressed, turned on the shower, and slipped inside The hot water beat againstaway all of ht It was a shaivenlike this

I closedthe steaht danced behind my eyelids and startled me My eyes popped open, and I peeked behind the shower curtain No one else was in the bathroo the oddity, I closed ainst the tile wall Flickers flashed again, this tihter, I bent over and leaned on h rass and trees, but it wasThe sound of heavy breath sounded in my eardrums, and I jerked in response The picturepicked up as if I was out of breath or scared Shadows fro to the forest,Bit by bit the scenery disappeared into blackness

My eyes snapped open, and I iht not a whole ca to expel any amount of food it could A knock sounded and then the door opened

"Anna? Are you alright?" Elle yanked back the shower curtain and found me on my hands and knees "Oh my God! What happened?" Her voice sounded funny, as if she were speaking while holding a hand over her mouth She slipped a towel around my back and tucked her hands under my arms to help me stand As soon as I stepped out of the shower, Adah the door I had to blink back the stars that danced within my vision to focus on his face It seemed there was a lot of commotion, and I couldn’t make sense of any of it

"What happened?" Adam all but yelled

"I don’t know," Elle replied "I heard her vo and came in to find her crouched on the shower floor"

"Anna?" Adam’s hands encased my face and lifted my head so he could look into my eyes He looked blurry so I blinked a few times Still, I couldn’t seem to pinpoint exactly where his face was

"Anna, what happened? Are you alright?" Adah just as , but it was disorienting with all of theirvery hard not to retch again The jostling ure out rong withwaves

I was being carried Even if I couldn’t make out the outline of Adam’s face and blond hair, I’d knoas him His scent was home It calmed my nerves and helped settle my stomach a little bit

He laid me on a bed, my room by the smell of it, and I felt the bed indent as he sat down besideme out" Adam brushed my wet hair away from my face and pressed a kiss to ain everything was a little clearer

"I’m okay," I told him

"Did you fall in the shower?" Adaical question, and I wished he was right because what actually happened was so bizarre I didn’t kno to deal with it, or what to tell hi on my answer I felt better by the second, and we still had to discuss hoere going to find Eve Adam shouldn’t be beside s to deal with

"Yeah," I told him "The floor was really slippery, and I just went down"

Ada sick?"

I bit "

I sat up and hugged my knees to ht lying to hi

"Don’t you think you should conceal that?" I asked, nodding towards his hand to change the subject

Ada his lips "Why would I want to hide proof that we’re ether?"

My eyes snapped to his, andlike that andover it pointless

"Hey," Elle said, stepping into ?"